Yellow Watch - Severe Thunderstorm

Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing heavy rain.

A line of thunderstorms, with the potential to become severe, was located from 40 kilometres southeast of Old-Harry to 16 kilometres northwest of Chéticamp to 25 kilometres northeast of North Lake, moving southeast at 60 km/h.

Hazards: - Pea to dime size hail. - Heavy rainfall.

Locations impacted include: Chéticamp, Grand Étang, Margaree Harbour, Petit Étang, Belle-Marche, La Prairie, Plateau, Cap Le Moine, Pleasant Bay, Belle Côte, Red River (Inverness), Margaree, Portree, Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada, Margaree Forks.

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Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms capable of producing damaging hail, wind or rain.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to NSstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #NSStorm.